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... prove to others that the study and contemplation of the works of nature will always afford an inexhaustible source of instruc- tion and improvement . Whether in the stillness of night , or in the calm repose of an autumnal evening , or ...
... prove to others that the study and contemplation of the works of nature will always afford an inexhaustible source of instruc- tion and improvement . Whether in the stillness of night , or in the calm repose of an autumnal evening , or ...
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... proved abortive , should not be confounded with the bubbles of that period , for Hill appears to have been a man of probity , but was misled by his sanguine temper . He said that a bushel of mast would produce two gallons of oil . Among ...
... proved abortive , should not be confounded with the bubbles of that period , for Hill appears to have been a man of probity , but was misled by his sanguine temper . He said that a bushel of mast would produce two gallons of oil . Among ...
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... the portion recovered contained five hun- dred and forty - five cubic feet , although the whole of the sap - wood had perished . The living remains of some of our ancient Oaks prove that they must once have been of a gigantic size.
... the portion recovered contained five hun- dred and forty - five cubic feet , although the whole of the sap - wood had perished . The living remains of some of our ancient Oaks prove that they must once have been of a gigantic size.
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... prove their great antiquity . Gilbert White , in his unpublished Notes , mentions a visit he paid to see the great Oak in Holt Forest , which a friend who accompanied him considered to be the largest in England . At seven feet from the ...
... prove their great antiquity . Gilbert White , in his unpublished Notes , mentions a visit he paid to see the great Oak in Holt Forest , which a friend who accompanied him considered to be the largest in England . At seven feet from the ...
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... prove the claim , which this tree has to be called " Herne's Oak . " The discussion I have referred to was commenced in an article in the Quarterly Review on Mr. Lou- don's Arboretum , in which an attack , not a very courteous one , was ...
... prove the claim , which this tree has to be called " Herne's Oak . " The discussion I have referred to was commenced in an article in the Quarterly Review on Mr. Lou- don's Arboretum , in which an attack , not a very courteous one , was ...
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